Gift from King
Gustaf V and Queen Victoria of Sweden to their daughter-in-law Margaret
of Connaught on her wedding day. Princess Margareta and Crown Prince
Gustaf VI Adolf married on 15 June 1905, having met earlier the same
year in Egypt. She was the daughter of Arthur Duke of Connaught und
Princess Louise Margarete of Prussia, a princess of Great Britain
and Ireland, she was nicknamed Daisy. In Sweden she was known as Margaretha.
This magnificent
ruby, sapphire, diamond and pearls necklace is decorated with scarabs
may have inspired of their romantic meeting in Egypt. It is made from
Jeweler Koch/Frankfurt 1905.
Princess Lilian
owns this wonderful jewel and left it after her death to Queen Silvia of Sweden. A gift from King Gustaf V and Queen Victoria of Sweden to their daughter-in-law Margaret of Connaught on her wedding day. Princess Margareta and Crown Prince Gustaf VI Adolf married on 15 June 1905, having met earlier the same year in Egypt. She was the daughter of Arthur Duke of Connaught and Princess Louise Margarete of Prussia. A princess of Great Britain and Ireland, she was nicknamed Daisy. In Sweden she was known as Margaretha.
This magnificent ruby, sapphire, diamond and pearl necklace decorated with scarabs may have been inspired by their romantic meeting in Egypt. It is made by the jeweller Koch in Frankfurt in1905. Princess Lilian owned this wonderful jewel and left it after her death to Queen Silvia of Sweden.
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Kronprinzessin
Margarete bekam dieses bildschöne Halsband von Ihren Schwiegereltern,
dem König Gustav V. und Königin Victoria von Schweden, 1905
zur Hochzeit.
Prinzessin Margarete
und Gustav Adolf haben sich im gleichen Jahr in Ägypten kennengelernt,
in Anlehnung an dieses romantische Treffen wurden die Edelsteine des
Geschenks in Scarabäusform geschliffen. Das Collier aus Saphiren,
Rubinen, Diamanten und Perlenschnüre von dem Frankfurter Juwelier
Koch 1905 angefertigt, gehörte dann der Prinzessin Lilian von Schweden. Nach deren Tod erbte es Königin Silvia von der Tante ihres Mannes.
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